HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

15451.

‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated (washingtonpost.com)

86 points by _fizz_buzz_ on Aug 28, 2018 | 132 comments

15452.

The American Housing Crisis Might Be Our Next Big Political Issue (citylab.com)

86 points by jseliger on May 16, 2018 | 128 comments

15453.

Where Dutch directness comes from (bbc.com)

86 points by rwx------ on Feb 1, 2018 | 125 comments

15454.

California higher-density housing bill blocked in first committee hearing (mercurynews.com)

86 points by thirtyseven on Apr 18, 2018 | 121 comments

15455.

Safe injection sites in San Francisco could be first in the US (fox59.com)

86 points by sethbannon on Feb 12, 2018 | 120 comments

15456.

HomePod (daringfireball.net)

86 points by tosh on Feb 7, 2018 | 116 comments

15457.

Modern C++ Features – std::optional (arne-mertz.de)

86 points by tempodox on Jun 9, 2018 | 113 comments

15458.

U.S. To Probe Apple Over Updates That Slow Older iPhones (bloomberg.com)

86 points by uptown on Jan 30, 2018 | 111 comments

15459.

The Average Age and Years Served of Members of US Congress Every Year Since 1789 (thesoundingline.com)

86 points by Four_Star on May 23, 2018 | 108 comments

15460.

Algorithmic decision making and the cost of fairness (2017) (arxiv.org)

86 points by shawndumas on Jan 25, 2018 | 107 comments

15461.

A Billionaire’s Sears Fiasco Is Finally Nearing Its End (bloomberg.com)

86 points by cohaagen on Oct 12, 2018 | 105 comments

15462.

Data says GMO corn increases crop yields and provides health benefits (geneticliteracyproject.org)

86 points by felixcatus on Feb 20, 2018 | 97 comments

15463.

Serious design flaw in ESS ExpressVote touchscreen: “permission to cheat” (freedom-to-tinker.com)

86 points by lainon on Sep 14, 2018 | 93 comments

15464.

Are you really Facebook’s product? The history of a dangerous idea (slate.com)

86 points by lisper on Apr 27, 2018 | 91 comments

15465.

Bitcoin Drops Below $8,000 as Cryptocurrency Pain Continues (bloomberg.com)

86 points by adventured on Feb 2, 2018 | 90 comments

15466.

A daredevil climber risking his life for breathtaking views (huckmagazine.com)

86 points by bspn on Jan 31, 2018 | 82 comments

15467.

How Europe Learnt to Swim (historytoday.com)

86 points by pepys on Aug 6, 2018 | 80 comments

15468.

Roam has constructed an international housing network for digital nomads (nytimes.com)

86 points by kawera on Feb 10, 2018 | 79 comments

15469.

Swatch Internet Time (1998) (en.wikipedia.org)

86 points by velmu on Feb 5, 2018 | 78 comments

15470.

Developers love trendy new languages, but earn more with functional programming (arstechnica.com)

86 points by rbanffy on Mar 13, 2018 | 78 comments

15471.

At Doomed Flight’s Helm, Pilots May Have Been Overwhelmed in Seconds (nytimes.com)

86 points by danso on Nov 9, 2018 | 78 comments

15472.

A teenage girl in South Sudan was auctioned off on Facebook (news.vice.com)

86 points by privateprofile on Nov 22, 2018 | 78 comments

15473.

Ask HN: Best companies to work for in Europe?

86 points by jxub on Feb 8, 2018 | 77 comments

15474.

Oceans warming faster than anticipated, study finds (latimes.com)

86 points by blondie9x on Oct 31, 2018 | 73 comments

15475.

Bad code may be to blame for $500M of cryptocurrency losses in seven months (topbitcoin.lv)

86 points by agris777 on Feb 13, 2018 | 69 comments

15476.

It certainly looks bad for Uber (ideas.4brad.com)

86 points by sohkamyung on Mar 22, 2018 | 68 comments

15477.

Police told to avoid looking at recent iPhones to avoid lockouts (engadget.com)

86 points by tekacs on Oct 14, 2018 | 68 comments

15478.

When an implementation monoculture might be the right thing (blog.mozilla.org)

86 points by jsnell on May 30, 2018 | 67 comments

15479.

Alex Garland’s cult novel The Beach, 20 years on (theguardian.com)

86 points by samclemens on Sep 18, 2018 | 67 comments

15480.

Tesla short sellers $2B in the red for June as shares soar (reuters.com)

86 points by antman on Jun 13, 2018 | 62 comments